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I have a little problem when use rack:
Who can tell me how to place the pallet in bay1 of rack, each level one pallet? Place the green box in bay2 of rack, each level three pallet? In the model.

Thanks a lot.


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If this is all you need it will be simpler just to use two racks - one for each bay.

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For interest I've attached a solution which involves recording the numbers allocated to a bays in a label so that the pulling of items into the rack can be constrained even though they haven't been transported yet - checking the bay content doesn't allow for those waiting transport that have met the pull requirement.

This means triggers were needed on:

Reset: To clear the bayAllocation label.
PullRequirement: To check there are enough spaces in the bay and update bayAllocation
Place in Bay: To determine the bay based on itemtype.
Place in Level: To determine the cell capacity base on itemtype.
OnExit: To decrement the bayAllocation values. and schedule openInput
OnMessage: To open the input when one leaves in case items are waiting.

The code assumes each cell in a bay has the same capacity.

I've changed the number of products produced to fill the rack (plus one or two more) and added a dwelltime and a second rack to check the bayAllocation values as they leave.
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Thumbs up Dear Jason Lightfoot,Thanks a lot.

Dear Jason Lightfoot,

Thanks a lot.

Your answer is just I need. I want to know how to place the items in rack as my idea but not random. Maybe lighted by your help I can do something more, such as direction different item into individual place in the rack, and so on.
Thanks again. Best regards.
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Here's the same model but using FirstAvailable for the level.
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Thumbs up It's great!

The second model is just I wanted. Thanks again!


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